A sample of 444 people will be recruited. The sample size calculation was based on assuming a level of significance of 5%, a quit rate after brief anti-smoking intervention only (control group) of ...

Disclosures BMC Fam Pract. 2013;14 (185) Discussion The role of primary care in the early diagnosis of COPD is indisputable, as is the need for spirometry testing to diagnose this condition. [25] ...

Digital inhalers may help predict impending acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases ...

Symbravo ® (meloxicam and rizatriptan) is now available for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults. Symbravo is an oral agent that consists of meloxicam, a COX-2 ...

Of almost 47,000 under-fives screened for malnutrition in the second half of May, 5.8 percent (or 2,733 children) were found to be suffering from acute malnutrition, “almost triple the ...

Sly Stone, the funk icon and frontman of the group Sly and the Family Stone, has died. The 82-year-old musician's family confirmed the death of their "beloved dad " following a "prolonged battle" with ...

A total of 2010 patients underwent randomization; 1010 were assigned to ANH and 1000 to usual care. Among patients with available data, 274 of 1005 (27.3%) in the ANH group and 291 of 997 (29.2% ...

While bronchitis can occur at any time of the year, it is most prevalent during winter, when cold temperatures and seasonal infections contribute to its spread.

The updated indication now includes treatment of acute HCV infection, which was supported by data from the single-arm, open-label M20-350 study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04903626).

SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients with COPD and type 2 inflammation, investigator-reported emphysema did not change benefits seen with dupilumab, according to research presented at the American ...

To understand better which patients with which diagnoses or suspected diagnoses are referred for spirometry in primary care, and to assess whether all such referrals are appropriate. 200 ...